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Spartans Cruise Past Marymount on Friday

Oct 09, 2009

ARLINGTON,
VA – The York College women’s soccer team rolled to a
5-1 Capital Athletic Conference win at Marymount University on
Friday afternoon in Arlington, VA. The Spartans improve to 9-2-1
overall and 2-0-1 in the CAC. The Saints are still in search of
their first win as they fall to 0-11 overall and 0-4 in the league.

The Spartans opened the scoring early in the
contest as Steph Mergler (Street, Md./North
Harford) tallied a goal off a feed from Kat Sipes
(Baltimore, Md./Institute of Notre Dame) in the
game’s eighth minute.

The Saints battled back to tie the score on a
counter in the 12th minute. Stephanie Flood received a
breakaway pass from Rebecca Zimmerman and tallied the goal, tying
the game at one.

The Green and White bounced back, taking the
play to the Saints. After the Marymount goal, the Spartans forced
three corners in the next four minutes. York then squeezed off four
shots over the next six minutes before finding the back of the net
a second time with Mergler feeding Allie Jensen (Parville,
Md./Parkville) for the goal in the 23rd minute
of play.

York continued to carry play over the final 20
minutes of the half but they would be unable to dent the goal as
they settled for a 2-1 halftime lead. York
outshot the hosts 14-4 in the opening half while they also held a
4-1 advantage in corner kicks.

York wasted little time in increasing the lead
early in the second half as senior Kat Torode (Brick,
N.J./Brick Township) tallied the first of her two goals in
the game. Junior Carly Bock (Baltimore,
Md./Catonsville) earned the assist on the goal as
Torode’s tally came 7:35 into the second half.

The Spartan lead grew to 4-1 when Mergler
picked up her second goal of the game in the 80th minute
of play off a feed from Ilana Kline (Camp Hill, Pa./Camp
Hill). The two goals for Mergler lift her season total to
five.

Torode closed out the scoring in the
81st minute as she recorded an unassisted tally for
York. Torode’s two goals raise her season total to 12 as she
is third on the team in total points with 12.

York finished the game holding a big 27-6 edge
in shots including a 12-3 margin in shots on goal. The Spartans
finished with nine corner kicks while the Saints had four.

Sarah Spanarkel (Toms River, N.J./Toms
River North) played the first 80 minutes of the game as
she recorded two saves. Desiree Halaka (Southampton,
N.Y./Southampton) played the final 10 minutes and was not
forced to make a save. Gaby Prellezo allowed three goals for
Marymount in her 62 minutes of work while she made four saves.
Lauren Sanders relieved her and allowed two goals in 28 minutes
while she notched three stops.

York has a quick turn around as they host
Salisbury University in a huge CAC showdown on Sunday in York. Game
time at Graham Field is set for 1:00 pm.